Just War Principles and Economic Sanctions [Abstract]

Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 10 (1996)

Pierce challenges the argument that economic sanctions are always morally
preferable to the use of military force. His analysis shows that economic
sanctions also inflict great pain, suffering, and physical harm on the innocent
population of noncombatants and that small-scale military operations are
sometimes preferable. Lori Fisler Damrosch's framework for ethical analysis,
Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars, and the case of Haiti are used to support
his argument.

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